In a message dated 11/7/2004 4:54:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: 6. Since the Marriage Bonds of Duplin County North Carolina, in the NC State Archives include the January 21, 1795 marriage of SARAH STROUD to NATHAN BULLARD with Sampson GRIMES as bondsman and witness, it is reasonable to assume that SARAH pronounced her name such that the recorder spelled it as it appears in the record. HI , Have you come across how it came to be that Sampson GRIMES came to be the bondsman for Bullard/ Stroud marriage, Sampson's dau Nancy b ca 1780 married Lott Stroud b ca 1778 (Est date ca 1800, ) could this Sarah be a sister to Lott Stroud. Thanks for any input Christine Grimes Thacker Genealogy: Collecting dead relatives and sometimes a live cousin! Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.